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That may be an issue. But you're also right, there is a lot of learning and trial and error involved. There is also a lot of... outdated info available online, which doesn't help either. Not just for phones.
I'm old-ish (nearing 60), not much of a geek (I've been using computers since the early 80s but have been an Apple user all my life only switching 5 or so years ago... and I've been using Linux daily without any issue. Like, none.
I do use the Terminal on my computer, that's true, but that's also because I want to use it, not because I have to.
It's an impressively efficient tool, even for a timid user like myself with basic needs. Once I started using it, after a few... epic failures, there was no turning back and I was hooked to its efficiency.
Heck, I even use it to read RSS, to listen to music, podcast and movies (thx to mpv), to watch YT video too. As well as to publish stuff on my blog and, since very recently, on Mastodon too. I've never learned to code, I just asked questions, read documentations and become ok with things not working as I wanted them to at the first attempt ;)
But I have a trick to make my life simpler and stress-free: I only deal with what I know I can handle. And there is a lot I know I can't.
For example, I would love to be able to run a de-googled android on my phone but I also know I need access to a few selected apps that won't work as easily without Google's crap. They may work but it may involves a lot of hunting and trials. Which is not what I want to do on a phone. As a matter of fact, the only reason I own a smartphone is because I need to access those few apps, there is nothing else installed on it, not even games, music. Nothing. So, until the day I know for sure there is an easy way to run those (few) apps without using Google official crappy spyware-riddled Android, I don't try.
Meanwhile, I can enjoy a great experience using Libre Software everywhere else I can, which is everywhere else ;)
Edit: typos.